Majesty 9/15 canceled - ship to bring aid to Caribbean

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From Cruise Industry News:

Royal Caribbean International announced on Saturday afternoon that it was sending ships to St. Thomas and St. Maarten in a bid to not only provide supplies, but transport evacuees following Hurricane Irma.

The Adventure of the Seas will make a humanitarian stop in St. Maarten on Sunday and Majesty of the Seas will make humanitarian calls in St. Thomas and St. Maarten to provide supplies and also assist in transporting evacuees in St. Maarten to safety, the company said.

The September 15 cruise aboard the Majesty of the Seas has been cancelled and the ship will be utilized for rescue efforts in the Caribbean.

The Empress of the Seas and Enchantment of the Seas are also ready to assist Key West and Tampa once the impact of the storm is known, Royal Caribbean added.

https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/17732-royal-caribbean-to-deploy-two-ships-for-humanitarian-efforts.html

From Cruise Industry News:

 

Royal Caribbean International announced on Saturday afternoon that it was sending ships to St. Thomas and St. Maarten in a bid to not only provide supplies' date=' but transport evacuees following Hurricane Irma.[/font']

The Adventure of the Seas will make a humanitarian stop in St. Maarten on Sunday and Majesty of the Seas will make humanitarian calls in St. Thomas and St. Maarten to provide supplies and also assist in transporting evacuees in St. Maarten to safety, the company said.

The September 15 cruise aboard the Majesty of the Seas has been cancelled and the ship will be utilized for rescue efforts in the Caribbean.

The Empress of the Seas and Enchantment of the Seas are also ready to assist Key West and Tampa once the impact of the storm is known, Royal Caribbean added.

https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/17732-royal-caribbean-to-deploy-two-ships-for-humanitarian-efforts.html

Royal does there part to help as they have in the past. :cool:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-09/cruise-lines-send-ships-to-caribbean-on-hurricane-rescue-mission

NCL too.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weather/hurricane/article172281352.html

Good job Royal!

Yup! We were on the 9/15 sailing and while we are disappointed, we totally understand and respect RCCL's decision. Already looking at our rebook cruise with our 25% off.

It looks like RCCL and NCL are doing the right thing bringing humanitarium aide. Carnival, as usual, sits on the sidelines.

Yes, it is a very good thing that Royal is doing.

But it is not entirely altruistic.

(a) The ships could not have their scheduled cruises with paying passengers

(b) The ships cannot stay in their home ports but must be out at sea anyway with the entire crew

So doing the humanitarian runs both does good and makes the expenses that would have been incurred anyway a tax writeoff.

Yes, it is a very good thing that Royal is doing.

 

But it is not entirely altruistic.

 

(a) The ships could not have their scheduled cruises with paying passengers

(b) The ships cannot stay in their home ports but must be out at sea anyway with the entire crew

 

So doing the humanitarian runs both does good and makes the expenses that would have been incurred anyway a tax writeoff.

In the case of the Majesty it was the regularly scheduled cruise departing on the 15th which absolutely could have sailed that was cancelled.

i wonder will RCCL send aid to other island / Turks / British Virgin / Cuba / Barbuda ?

Great work - i remember Haiti many years ago and cruisers taking extra clothes with them at labadee

I'm really glad to hear this. I can't even imagine how the ships could possibly stop in St. Maarten with a boatload of tourists while the island tries to recover from the damage caused by Irma.

i wonder will RCCL send aid to other island / Turks / British Virgin / Cuba / Barbuda ?

 

Great work - i remember Haiti many years ago and cruisers taking extra clothes with them at labadee

For the big ships, Barbuda would have to go through it's fellow island, Antigua.

Having been to Cuba and now having friends- that's the one we worry about the most- Irma was on the coast for SO long, and we've been seeing reports that some of the resorts on cays were wiped out. And it will be a while until we hear anything, as Cuba shut off the power and internet yesterday.

Someone on Adventure right now reported they're stopping by St. Maartin to drop off supplies and pick up 300 stranded people. No one is allowed off the boat. It'll be interesting where the people stay and where they're going to be dropped off. Next day is a sea day, then Carcao

Someone on Adventure right now reported they're stopping by St. Maartin to drop off supplies and pick up 300 stranded people. No one is allowed off the boat. It'll be interesting where the people stay and where they're going to be dropped off. Next day is a sea day, then Carcao

Makes sense that they would drop them off in Carcao as it is also a Dutch Island, my daughter is a student at AUC on St Maarten and the US military has been evacuating US citizens to Puerto Rico, other countries are also flying their citizens out to their respective countries, with the exception of Canada, there are still 300 Canadian students and faculty stranded on the island

In the case of the Majesty it was the regularly scheduled cruise departing on the 15th which absolutely could have sailed that was cancelled.

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I'm on the Allure now and was due on MJ 9/15 and am thankful for Royal doing this for others. Hoping I can rebook for October, will have to check from land.

Thanks for the info and thanks for Royal doing a good thing.

Good job Royal! :D

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-09/cruise-lines-send-ships-to-caribbean-on-hurricane-rescue-mission

 

NCL too.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weather/hurricane/article172281352.html

Great Job. Royal and NCL!:)

Thanks Royal and NCL for helping these poor folks any way you can. They need a lot of help as do others in other islands. What a path of destruction this storm has left.

So impressed with RCCL for doing this. Are there any other cruise lines doing this?

RCCL president was on ABC news this morning talking about all the things they are doing for St Maarten and Virgin Islands , they were taking some of the refuges to the ABC islands

So impressed with RCCL for doing this. Are there any other cruise lines doing this?

I thought I read that NCL had a ship providing aid too.

I thought I read that NCL had a ship providing aid too.

Several reports show NCL Sky going to ST. Thomas for relief and one report mentioned that Carnival would be dropping off supplies on their regularly scheduled stops.

Great to hear that they're doing the right thing! [emoji1303]

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RCI and NCL jumped immediately to provide aid and supplies to those islands in need.

Carnival announced late yesterday that they will drop off supplies.

It seems Carnival was shamed into doing something.